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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Chorley Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
6,345 approved · 628 refused · 319 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 May 2013 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
31 Gleneagles Drive Euxton Chorley PR7 6FZ
Received 7 Jun 2020Betsid 105 Market Street Chorley PR7 2SQ
Received 8 Jun 20207 Bromley Green Chorley PR6 8TX
Received 8 Jun 2020139 Blackburn Road Heapey Chorley PR6 8EJ
Received 8 Jun 202085 Lancaster Lane Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5SP
Received 8 Jun 2020Lostock Bridge Farm Ulnes Walton Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LT
Received 8 Jun 202018 Empress Way Euxton Chorley PR7 6QB
Received 8 Jun 2020Wyndom Wigan Road Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5SD
Received 8 Jun 202015A The Cherries Euxton Chorley PR7 6NG
Received 8 Jun 2020Slate Farm Rufford Road Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3SA
Received 9 Jun 2020Home Farm Cottage Grape Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9HB
Received 9 Jun 202024 Grange Drive Coppull Chorley PR7 5FG
Received 9 Jun 20204 Rectory Close Chorley PR7 1QW
Received 9 Jun 202011 Rectory Close Croston Leyland PR26 9SH
Received 10 Jun 2020Far Riding The Close Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8AZ
Received 10 Jun 202064 Brown Street Chorley PR6 0BA
Received 10 Jun 2020Hand Lane End Farm Tannersmith Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RA
Received 10 Jun 2020Withnell Fold Sports Club Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8BA
Received 10 Jun 202014 Brookfield Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QJ
Received 10 Jun 2020Coppull Car And Commercial Repair Centre Ltd. Units 3 And 5 Dickinson Industrial Estate Moss Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 5AL
Received 10 Jun 2020Bank Hall Bank Hall Drive Bretherton
Received 10 Jun 2020300 Spendmore Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 5DE
Received 10 Jun 2020116 Dallington Avenue Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5AG
Received 10 Jun 2020Summer Wood Farm 67A Gorsey Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TE
Received 11 Jun 2020Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Chorley Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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